Summaries are generally packed with lots of information and experience, and it is only when one begins to unpack them, that the true depth of knowledge and understanding begins to become exposed. And the following summaries, when looked at, may seem a bit out there, especially to do with the nature of our reality, though…
Player centered learning is definitely a different beast when it comes to coaching, though it is the way that coaching has been morphing into over the last 10 to 15 years, and it is those that adapt to it the best are the ones who are going to improve the most. For player centered learning…
Introductory is beginning at the start and laying out the basic aspects (Principles) to what one does. And this has been the hardest thing over the years for sport, for when one thinks about it, organized sport in the modern era has only really been around for just over 120 years, which in realistic terms,…
Practical, it certainly helps if it is, for there is nothing worse than reading something and coming away going, what was that all about. For the hardest thing about writing is being able to put something out there that others can easily understand. And the biggest things one discovers when writing about coaching is, where…
Puzzles, mysteries and problem solving, it’s what our world revolves around, and not all puzzles, mysteries and problem solving is the same. And one always comes across interesting stuff on YouTube around this stuff, and some of it can become addictive and compulsive viewing, with two such people exercising their brains being: Decoded Fast: Champ…
Soccermatics is a book very similar to Moneyball, in which both are about statistics and how they apply to sports. Both Soccermatics and Moneyball are well worth the read for they shine a different light on the sports that they highlight, and show how statistics, when used in the right way, can enhance what one does….
Big Picture Thinking is not done by enough people, it’s plain to see, mainly because we’re not taught how to do it, and yet it is only through big picture thinking, that the details we are presented with begin to make any sense. The new poster on the website, Practical Coaching, is an example of…
Constructing something always requires an understanding of what one is doing, yet until someone starts, that understanding can not be acquired. Hence what everyone needs to know is that all coaching is trial and error, and it doesn’t matter how scientific one becomes, at it’s heart is all trial and error, for some of the…
Balancing things in life is always an on going process, and so it is in balancing what one does with the coaching process. If coaching, and someone comes up to you and asks, have you got any drills and exercises that I can do? What does one say? I always go yep, plenty of drills,…
Base is an important aspect to anything that one does, for with a good and sound base set, in other words, a solid foundation, better structures can be built. And when one truly begins to breakdown and examine sports coaching, it essentially breaks into two words, they being: Base Growth So sports coaching is about…
Iceberg on the horizon, and if one sees one, you will know that 7/8ths of the iceberg will be underwater. The Beauty Of Icebergs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3NbohN_nbk And like icebergs, teams comes in all shapes and sizes, and generally the important things don’t get seen from a coaching perspective, for when watching a coaching session, everyone generally focuses…
Fitness is an important aspect to any sport that anyone plays, but it is not the only one, and when combined with core skills and understanding people, those 3 alone make up a substantial part of the coaching process. And understanding people is a big part of those 3, yet we pay little attention to…
Fundamental to all coaching is in the laying of the foundation to whatever one does, and yet as mentioned many times before, the thing that is missed from our coaching education is the fundamental foundational aspect to everything that we do. And as usual, for ease of reference, another poster has been created to aid…
Foundation Stones are fundamental to the coaching process, for they are the first stone that is put in place, and it’s just the same when it comes to coaching sport, for without a proper base, no building can truly start. Laying The Stone Foundation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxGz9TuXek So when it comes to sport, the foundation of coaching consists…
Over all the years coaching, and all the information gathered and sorted through, the basis of all coaching appears to come down to 2 essential questions. There’s obviously still a lot of information and knowledge behind these essential questions, though anyone starting out on the coaching path, these 2 essential questions are a great place…
One of the most interesting aspects about coaching is how does one go about developing one’s coaching plan, in other words, what do you need to know, what do you need to learn and what do you need to implement? And it’s not questions that one can answer all at once as you develop your…
Everything we ever do we develop a culture around it, and so it is with our coaching, and what we do and expect creates our coaching culture. And in developing our coaching culture, what is at the heart is the asking of questions, for that is the only way to truly get at the heart…
The thing that drives anyone who wants to become good in what they do is, how can we make it simpler? For different sports it could be, how can we make something go faster, or how can we make something lighter, all the same concept, it’s all about efficiency and effectiveness and making it simpler…
From time to time I receive interesting articles in my email and the other day I got one from Lee Smith Coaching and it was an article by Paul Cammarata on player development over merely coaching to win. https://leesmith.co.nz/win-paul-cammarata/ Obviously the article deals with junior sport and the age old debate of winning over player…
When one starts to look at coaching from the aspect of creating and maintaining a Learning Environment and building into one’s players the core skills and techniques, what suddenly becomes abundantly clear is that a new approach is required for coach learning. For the old approach of coaching coaches by only teaching the skills, techniques…
